Accession number
PML 146462-63
Creator
Rouillion-Petit, F.
Published
Paris : Bance ainé, 1817.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"Ornés de 40 batailles gravées au burin par les meilleurs artistes en ce genre, d'après C. Vernet et Swebach, et enrichis de cent portraits des généraux les plus illustres".
Illustrated with engravings after Vernet and Swebach; aquatint of Napoleon on horseback after Vernet in v. 2, frontis; series of 100 miniature portraits of Napoleon's generals, engraved by Bovinet after Vautier, on 5 leaves of plates at end of v. 2.
"De l'imprimerie de Didot jeune."--Half t.p. verso.
Vol. 1: xiv, 290 p., [23] leaves of plates; v. 2: iv, 306 p., [22] leaves of plates.
Illustrated with engravings after Vernet and Swebach; aquatint of Napoleon on horseback after Vernet in v. 2, frontis; series of 100 miniature portraits of Napoleon's generals, engraved by Bovinet after Vautier, on 5 leaves of plates at end of v. 2.
"De l'imprimerie de Didot jeune."--Half t.p. verso.
Vol. 1: xiv, 290 p., [23] leaves of plates; v. 2: iv, 306 p., [22] leaves of plates.
Description
2 v. : ill., ports. (engraving) ; 53 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Annotations in pencil by former owner.
Provenance
Bookplate of Lord Northwick; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Green morocco tooled in gilt with Napoleonic emblem and devices (eagle and bee) by C. Smith, 13 Church Street, Soho.
Classification
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